Help me Obi Wan Obama; you're my only HOPE

Thoughts on the election coming soon. In the interim: Yes We Did! I spent the afternoon calling people in Iowa and reminding them to vote.

Now comes the hard part: actually governing a country on the verge of bankruptcy.

In the meantime, here is a fun video via Slate. I got most of my news tonight from MSNBC and I checked out Fox "News" to see how they were handling things (I have been to funerals that were more fun than those jokers this evenings).

However, it seems CNN got themselves a new toy. Check it out:



I want one of those things.

Chris

Watching Headline News so you don't have to...

Here was the actual content in the order it aired on CNN Headline News for the 4:00-4:30 p.m. time slot this afternoon. This is what passes for the news you need to know at this hour.

McCann girl may have been spotted (by5:30 p.m. they were reporting this was a false lead)
NIU shooting update
DNA from co-ed's panties may lead to her killer
New Jersey College in lock down after bomb threat
Brush fire threatens North Carolina town
Multi-car pile up shuts down I-94 in Indiana
Breaking news: NIU police hold press conference
School bus crash kills four students in Minnesota
Will bad weather scuttle plan to detroy malfunctioning spy satellite?

Market Watch Segment:
Dow is up 90.47 points at this hour
Oil price exceeds $100 a barrel, does not affect markets
Consumer prices rise .4 percent, largely due to increased fuel costs
HP profits up 38 percent

Space Shuttle touches down fine in California
Teaser: Lunar eclipse is tonight

Two minutes of commercials 4:10-4:12

Shuttle touches down just fine (in California again)
Scientific analysis of lunar eclipses (the graphic actual actually read, "Happening Now: Total Lunar Eclipse Tonight")
Teaser: Is Clinton losing her base?

Two minutes of commercials 4:16-4:18

Politics segment:
Teamsters to endorse Obama
Obama wins 10th straight primary
McCain wins primaries in Wisconsin and Washington state
Huckabee: "It's not about ego"
Teaser: Democratic debates at 8:00 p.m. tomorrow
The debate airs in Spanish on Univision at 11:30 p.m. (I might be awake to catch it.)
Al-Sadr threatens to end cease fire

Your Money segment:
What if your 401(k) is mismanaged?
Court shuts down Wikileaks.org over leaked documents in Swiss bank's legal case *
Stocks up 90.04 points at this hour, oil price spike does not affect market
Teaser: Man with no pants orders coffee

Two minutes of commercials 4:22-4:24

Couple scams Girl Scouts, buys cookies with bogus $100 bill
Man with no pants orders coffe from Dunkin' Donuts drive-thru
Man sentenced for his 19th DUI
Pregnant tiger stuck in a tree
Eight-year-old nails buzzer-beater trey from NBA range for win (it was probably the producer's kid)
Teaser for next hour: McCann story

Two minutes of commercial

There you have it. That segment included 32 stories in 22 minutes; the "Bottomless" cup of coffee accounted for approximately two of those minutes. I think will be giving up on Headline News.

Chris

*note: "Ramblin' Man" was playing at the bar during the Wikileaks story, so I did not hear whether or not they mentioned that the site is still accessible.